The problem with ignoring ignorance is that it spreads ignorance. It effects every one of us. For every misleading post, every spell that does not work, everything written that belongs in a fantasy magick area- these things give people misleading views on real practices, real traditional workings, real paths. As a magickal community, we should be embracing the true practices and discouraging the fake or misleading ones.
I absolutely refuse to read all this, but I got half way through the first post and noted something.
"Sure, there is hardly any evidence that they exist. But there Isn't any evidence that they AREN'T real, am I correct?"
- Anonymous_me
The answer to your rhetorical question is that you aren't correct, actually. In fact I find myself saying this on a regular basis...
No matter how much you want to be or do something, magic will not as far as things have gone, go against the laws of nature.
One particular law of nature is that it is impossible for your DNA to literally mutate at such a rapid pace in such a way as becoming half fish or canine.
Magic will not distort your DNA, and it will not force your body to shift species.
Sure i can understand how you feel a connection to an animal.
Sure you can call it therianism and i have no beliefs to contradict that. All of that is completely understandable.
many people did misinterpret what you said, what got me was when you said this, which contradicted your whole original post.
"And even if the astrals laws are different than down here, whatever happens up there, is real all the same down here"
It made it sound like the reality of the astral is transferable to physical reality. I do have a predisposition to think that because of the massive amount of fluff on this site and if this isn't what you meant then woops, sorry. It was easy to misinterpret.
It seems you call it misunderstanding if anyone calls you on it, which would be a vast number of misunderstandings apparently.
Perhaps you should try making your point more clearly instead of fussing and using excessive caps.
Werewolves, zombies, and vampires all have factual roots in history. There was a time in France during the Middle Ages when people would take hallucinogens and attack people like rabid wolves. There was also a time in the Middle Ages when a blood disease drove the inflicted to murder and drink the blood of their victims. This disease allowed the sun to horribly burn their skin and the treatment lied in healthy blood. In recent times their was an outbreak of Malaria in Cambodia that killed its victims, restarted their hearts, and drove them into a flesh eating frenzy. As for the Astral Planes, I have accidentally wandered into the lower levels once. The Astral Planes are very real and no one should take them lightly.
I agree with you Bernkastel. Cause in a sense can people give proof that gods and goddesses exist or have hardcore evidence that can prove they do? Also in some religions they worship gods and goddesses that are half human and half something else. so if proven that, lets say some of the Egyptian gods and goddesses are proven real then half human and half something else does exist technically.
